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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Carlson-Dakes, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Gregory W Harrington, Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Univ of Wisconsin - Madison

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Paper ID #7423Leadership Development in Tight Times: Scaling up courses without water-ing them downMr. Chris Carlson-Dakes, University of Wisconsin, Madison Dr. Carlson-Dakes is a faculty associate in the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin- Madison and is on the faculty in the School of Business at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisc. He has industry experience as director of Organizational Development for an architectural engineering firm where he worked at an executive leadership level on individual and group leadership development. Dr. Carlson-Dakes’ formal training in technical disciplines, and his

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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Toby Egan, Purdue School of Engineering & Technology

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of data collection, prospective study participants were sent an email messagefrom a top internal executive (a) asking for participation; (b) describing the common humansubjects research process; (c) elaborating regarding confidentiality assurances; (d) assuringparticipant anonymity as part of the aggregate data analysis; (e) reporting steps in researchprocess (f) reinforcing importance of filling out both Time 1 and Time 2 surveys, and (g)providing the open option for both employees and leaders to not participate in the study.Reminder invitations were emailed twice more during Time 1; and a re-invitation and two morereminders were deployed at Time 2.All respondents at Time 1, (followers/employees and leaders/managers) provided demographic

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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amadin Osagiede, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Paper ID #7314Purdue University’s Engineering Leadership Program: Addressing the Short-fall of Engineering Leadership EducationAmadin Osagiede, Purdue University, West Lafayette Amadin Osagiede is a master’s student in civil engineering at Purdue University and a graduate research assistant for Engineering Leadership at Purdue’s newly created engineering leadership development pro- gram.Dr. Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Monica F. Cox is an associate professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University and is the inaugural director of the Engineering Leadership Minor. She

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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kirsten S. Hochstedt, Penn State University ; Andrew Michael Erdman, Pennsylvania State University; Richard John Schuhmann, Gordon–MIT Engineering Leadership Program

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aregrouped in two categories: (A) skills and abilities, (B) knowledge and awareness. The skills andabilities outcomes for this introductory class are: enhanced communication skills (oral); ability toshare leadership (teamwork); ability to exercise sound judgment. The awareness andunderstanding outcomes are: ethical awareness and conduct; self-knowledge and awareness(character); enhanced global awareness (world-view); enhanced appreciation of culturaldiversity; understanding of public policy issues; understanding of contemporary leadershiptheories; understanding of the role of sustainability in engineering. These educational objectiveswere used in the development of the assessment instrument and also as a framework with whichto correlate student

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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Simon Pitts, Northeastern University; Steve McGonagle, Northeastern University; Steven W Klosterman, Northeastern University

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Paper ID #8230Developing Engineering Leaders using Engineering Leadership Capabilitiesand Leadership LabsProf. Simon Pitts, Northeastern University Simon Pitts is the director of Northeastern’s Gordon Engineering Leadership Program and professor of Practice in Engineering Leadership. A graduate of Loughborough University and executive education at INSEAD, Pitts began his career in advanced powertrain development and research at Ford Motor Com- pany. During his time with Ford, his assignments included leading engineering and cross functional teams as Vehicle Line director, director of Manufacturing Operations, and director

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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diana Bairaktarova, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Glen DePalma, Purdue University; Pouneh Eftekhari

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Paper ID #6386Engineering Students Perspective on Mentoring and LeadershipDiana Bairaktarova, Purdue University, West Lafayette Diana Bairaktarova is a doctoral candidate in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Technical University at Sofia, Bulgaria and an M.B.A. from Hamline School of Business at St. Paul, Minnesota. Bairaktarova has over a decade of experience working as a design engineer. Her research is focused on human learning and engineering (i.e. understanding how individual differences and aptitudes affect interaction with

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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Bayless, Ohio University

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and James Peters, advisors.) He was the technical administrator of the State of Ohio’s Coal Research Consortium, funded by the Ohio Coal Development Office, from 2000 to 2007. He consults for several industrial, financial and legal firms. He is a licensed professional engineer in Missouri and Ohio and a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Page 23.1324.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Using Leadership Education Practices to Enhance Freshmen Engineering Student Interviewing SkillsAbstractA key component in the